< Back

Bokenham, Osbern & Serjeantson, Mary S. (Editor).
Legendys of Hooly Wummen.
Publisher: London;
Date of Publication: 1938
Stock Code: 7005
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. lxxx, 322, [1], 8 Society catalogue etc. Frontispiece. Publisher’s russet cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and gilt Early English Text Society crest to upper board. Very minor bruising and rubbing to spine and boards. From the library of A I Doyle, medieval scholar and Keeper of Rare Books at Durham Cathedral Library with his bookplate to front paste-down; neat inscription in ink to ffep “With love from the Editor June, 1939.”, otherwise a clean copy. Very Good. Early English Text Society Original Series, No. 206. Middle English verse, authored by an Augustinian friar, detailing the lives of 13 female saints including Mary Magdalen and St Agnes. Contains extensive introduction, phonology and accidence. £90.00